Securing means



0. 5. LEE

- sacuame MEANS Filed Feb. 6 1925 Patented July :13, 1926. I

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1 SECURING MEANS.

Application filed February 6, 1925.

5 right post; and my objects, generally stated,

' ing of the' tauting are to provide a novel, simple and economical construction of securing means; to provide a construction whereby the parts thereof are held against accidental disengagement when the means are not in use and thus overcome the objection of loss, or misplacing, of the parts; to provide in'a construction of securing meanscomprising a flexible element and a tauting means, for the shiftmeans along the flexible element, whereby the tauting means may be applied in the most advantageous position.

to the support to which the object is to be secured; and other object-s as will be manifest from the following description: Referring to the, accompanying draw- 1ngs:- s

Figure 1 is a plan View of a vise equipped with my improved securing means, showing it secured to a is an enlarged tauting device forming a part of the securing means, showing it inposition relative to the post of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a sec tion taken at the line 3-3 on Fig. 2 and viewedin the direction of the arrows.

In the accompanying drawings the secur= I ing means are'shown, by way of one embodiment of my invention, of a form particularly suitable for usewith a vise of the type shown in United States Letters Patent No. 1,517,010 granted tome November 25, 1924, and formed with oppositely directed hook-lugs 4: and 5 on its body-portion for adjust-able attachment thereto of the flexible element of the securing means, though it is not to be understood from the showing hereinmade thatI intend to limit my invention to its use with a vise either of this type, or construction 1 The securing'means shown comprises a chain 6 provided at its ends with hooks 7 and 8 adapted to be hooked over the lugs 4c and,v 5. In practice, however, where the support to which the vise is to be. secured is of smaller cross-section than the largest sup port to which the vise may be secured, one of the hooks 7 or 8 would be attached to one of the lugs 4 or 5 and the chain would be hooked at one of its links over the other post shown in plan; Fig. 2' view in side elevation of the Serial No. 7,298.

of the lugs 4 or 5 to position the chain ly snugly about the support. i

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he securing means also comprises a tauting-device shown as of the wedgetype and comprising a guide-member 9 in the form of a yoke providing the spaced arms 10 tends sui'iiciently freely through the apertures 11 as to permit the member'Q tobe freely moved of the member 9 containing a vertical recess 12 having undercut-portions 13. The tauting means also comprises a wedge-men her 1 1- oreseutin at one side a jortion 15 at e a v which it engagesca'sideof the support to vise is to besecured and at its op portion 16 inclining relative to provided with laterally-- which the posite side the portion 15 and extending guide-flanges 17, this portionof the member 14 extending into the recess 12 with its flanges l7 exten ing guidingly into the undercut portionsg13 of this recess. The wedge-member 14 is thus free to slide up and down on the member 9 and theseparts are held against accidental from each other by ribs 18 end of the member 14 andsby deflecting the flanges 17 at the opposite end of the-meniflanges 17. r 1 In the use of the structure the vise is applied to the support, shown at 20 to fit against it as shown in the drawing, and the chain 6 then hooked over the lugs 4 and 5 her 9. as represented at19 of oneof the along the chain, the outer face disengagement at the thicker I as shown, the wedge-member 14: being raised aper-s tured at 11 to receive the chain 6 which ex-' on the guide-member 9, and the vise proper- 1y clamped in place on thesupport 20 by driving the wedge-member 14idownwardly.

It will be noted in this connection that the guide-member along the chain 6 caused to extend at any desired position rel ative to the support 19 to cause the wedging action to be exerted at the most advantageous point. p l

The hooks? and S on the ends of the chains are preferablyof such size'as to prevent them from passing through the apertures ll in the guide-member 9, thus preventing separation of these parts of the structure.

9 being freely adjustable the tauting means may be e It will thus be understood from the fore going that all of the parts of the securing means'are sointerlocked as to prevent accidental disengageinentof any thereof, but not interfere with the desired relative move ment thereof in the application of the device to a support, with the manifest great advantage.

While I have illustrated and described a particular construction I do not wish to be understood as intending to limit my invention thereto as the same may be variously modified and altered without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. Securing means comprising a flexible member, a guide-member operatively and adj ustabiy engaging said flexible member, a wedgeslidably engaging said guide-member and means for preventing disengagement oi said wedgeanember from said guide-memliier and said guide-member trom said flexible member.

An element of securing means comprising a ,tlexible member, a guide member containing an aperture through which said tlexible member treely extends intermediate its ends to permit said guide-member to be movable therealong, means on the ends of said flexible member to prevent its separation from the guide-member, a, Wedge slidably engaging said guide member, and coa-cting means on said wedge and guidemember to prevent their disengagement.

lhe combination of a vise having attaching lugs "for the ends of a securing chain, a securing chain engaging said lugs, a guide-member having an aperture through which said chain freely passes intermediate its ends, end hooks on said chain of a size greater than the area of the aperture in the guidemember, a wedge-member engaging said guide-member, and co-acting means on the WOL ge-member and guide-member preventing said wedge-member from disengaging from said guide-member.

4;. The combination ot a vise having attaching lugs for the ends of a securing chain, a securing chain engaging said lugs, a guide-member having an aperture through which said chain freely passes whereby said guide-member may be adjusted along said chain, said guide-member being provided with a wedge-receiving recess having under-cut rc-rtions, a wedge-member adaptedto contact at one. of its sides with the support to which the vise is to be secured and provided on its opposite sides with flanges adapted to extend into the. recess formed in the face of the guideanember, said flanges being deflected at their lower ends, and ribs at the opposite ends of said wedge-member whereby said wedge-member is adapted for vertical movement on the guide member and is held from displacement therefrom.

OTTAR S. LEE. 

